4 Stars – The Gentleman's Companion

Curaçao “Pontoon Bridge”

We’re getting close to the one-year anniversary of Pineapple Drink Night, so I guess I’d better go ahead and blog […]

By Jeff Posted on August 28, 2011 – 10:03 pm | Also posted in Baker Drinks, Cherry, Cognac, Cointreau, Lime, Orange Bitters, Pineapple | Comments (1)

The Gentleman’s Companion includes an uncommonly large number of drinks that specify fresh pineapple as a garnish, and as mentioned […]

By Jeff Posted on January 18, 2011 – 6:47 am | Also posted in 3 Stars, Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Lime, Maraschino, Rum, Simple Syrup | Comments (1)

Baker dates his acquisition of this recipe to “[t]he summer before several nations besides the Spanish undertook to alter the […]

By Jeff Posted on January 17, 2011 – 7:20 am | Also posted in Baker Drinks, Grenadine, Lemon, Nutmeg, Orange Flower Water, Wine (Red) | Comments (1)

Charles H. Baker, Jr., was given his recipe for the Lalla Rookh Cocktail “on a Trip Home from Yokohama in […]

By Jeff Posted on December 19, 2010 – 11:26 pm | Also posted in Baker Drinks, Cognac, Cream, Non-Baker Drinks, Rum, Sugar, Vanilla Cordial | Comments (1)

Baker identifies this as a drink from the Manila Polo Club, which he fulsomely describes as a place that “not […]

By Jeff Posted on November 30, 2010 – 8:33 pm | Also posted in Baker Drinks, Champagne, Guinness | Comments (0)

Oh, God, the first of the pousse-cafés. I’ve been dreading this day. A pousse-café, of course, is a drink that […]

By Jeff Posted on November 23, 2010 – 7:56 am | Also posted in Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Chartreuse (Green), Cognac | Comments (1)

Zamboanga was a province of the Philippines back when Charles H. Baker, Jr., wrote his magnum opus. Baker’s description of […]

By Jeff Posted on November 15, 2010 – 7:23 am | Also posted in Angostura Bitters, Baker Drinks, Cognac, Lime, Maraschino, Pineapple Syrup | Comments (1)

Charles H. Baker, Jr., describes the Grande Bretagne Cocktail No. I as “One of the Five or Six Chief Cocktails […]

Baker reports that this drink “Was Taken into the Fold on a Memorable Night in Ceylon.” By “memorable,” does he […]

By Jeff Posted on October 28, 2010 – 7:42 am | Also posted in 2 Stars, Baker Drinks, Gin, Maraschino, Orange, Peach Bitters | Comments (2)

Charles H. Baker, Jr., does not appear to have been a particularly light drinker. When you’re as fond of your […]

By Jeff Posted on October 6, 2010 – 8:00 am | Also posted in Angostura Bitters, Anisette, Baker Drinks, Club Soda, Cognac, Egg, Lime | Comments (0)